Details for Old Spanish Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5347009355

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Marker Number 9355
Atlas Number 5347009355
Marker Title Old Spanish Cemetery
Index Entry Spanish Cemetery
Address
City Nacogdoches
County Nacogdoches
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 342909
UTM Northing 3497602
Subject Codes cemetery; pioneers
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Courthouse lawn - corner of Main (SH 21) and North
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Marker Text This courthouse stands in the Old Spanish Cemetery used from 1800 to 1895. Notable among those whose remains rest here is Antonio Gil y Barbo, 1729-1809. Founder of Nacogdoches. An outstanding figure in the life of this frontier town at the close of the 18th century, who was captain of militia, military and civil lieutenant, governor, and judge of revenue for the town and district of Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Nacogdoches. In 1783, he published the town's first criminal code.

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